This optical illusion shows a noisy, grainy pattern that looks like pure visual chaos at first glance. Hidden in this picture ...

Featuring a blurry image of abstract yellows, oranges, purples and blues, this optical illusion appears pretty plain. It's ...

A challenging puzzle will put your perception to the ultimate test with a tricky winter optical illusion. Puzzles are a ...

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Do you think you have sharp eyes? Try this optical illusion IQ test and spot the hidden needle without getting distracted by ...

Hidden number and letter optical illusions are some of the most satisfying puzzles because they look unbelievably simple ...

We have a picture given below, the image is of a board full of food items written on repeat. However, among them all, there ...

How optical illusions work has been long-debated among scientists and philosophers, who wonder whether these illusions stem from neural processing in the eye or involve higher-level cognitive ...

Susana Martinez-Conde is director of the Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. She studies visual illusions to gain a better understanding of how ...

The study of visual illusions in animals provides a compelling window into both the evolutionary continuity and diversity of perceptual processes. Research indicates that many species, from domestic ...

In this Ebbinghaus illusion of relative size perception, the orange circle on the left looks bigger than the one on the right - but it is actually 10 per cent smaller. In a new study, medical imaging ...

Medical imaging experts are adept at solving common optical illusions, according to new research. The research is the first to show that people can be trained to do better at solving visual illusions, ...